Powell may refer to:
People
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Powell (surname)
Powell is a surname. It is a patronymic form of the Welsh name ''Hywel'' (later Anglicized as ''Howell''), with the prefix ''ap'' meaning "son of", together forming ''ap Hywel'', or "son of Hywel". It is an uncommon name among those of Welsh an ...
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Powell (given name)
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Powell baronets
There have been seven baronetcies created for persons with the surname Powell, five in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Only one creation is extant as of 2007.
The Powell Baronetcy, of Pengethly in the C ...
, several baronetcies
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Colonel Powell (disambiguation), several military officers
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General Powell (disambiguation), several military leaders
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Governor Powell (disambiguation), several governors
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Justice Powell (disambiguation), several judges
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Major Powell (disambiguation), several military officers
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Secretary Powell (disambiguation), several officials
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Senator Powell (disambiguation), several senators
Places
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Powell Butte (disambiguation), several hills
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Powell County (disambiguation), several counties
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Powell Creek (disambiguation), several watercourses
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Mount Powell (disambiguation) or Powell Mountain, several mountains
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Powell River (disambiguation), several watercourses
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Powell Township (disambiguation), several townships
Antarctica
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Powell Island, South Orkney Islands
Maldives
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Powell Islands
Alifushi ( Dhivehi: އަލިފުށި) is one of the inhabited islands of Raa Atoll in the Maldives.
History Powell Islands
Alifushi and Etthingili were named as the Powell Islands by Captain Robert Moresby after Lieutenant F.F. Powell, who assi ...
, Raa Atoll, Maldives
United States
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Powell, Alabama, a town in DeKalb County
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Powell, Missouri, an unincorporated community in McDonald County
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Powell, Cass County, Missouri
Powell is an extinct town in Cass County, in the U.S. state of Missouri
Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Rankin ...
, a ghost town
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Powell, Nebraska
Powell is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Nebraska
Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the ...
, an unincorporated community
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Powell, Ohio
Powell is a city in Delaware County, Ohio, United States, located 14 miles (21.5 km) north of the state capital of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus. Powell had an estimated population of 14,163 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Founded i ...
, a city in Delaware County
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Powell, Edmunds County, South Dakota
Powell is an unincorporated community in Edmunds County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It ...
, an unincorporated community
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Powell, Haakon County, South Dakota
Powell is an extinct town in Haakon County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. The GNIS
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features ...
, a ghost town
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Powell, Tennessee
Powell, formerly known as Powell Station, is a census-designated place in Knox County, Tennessee. The area is located in the Emory Road corridor ( State Route 131), just north of Knoxville, southeast of Clinton, and east of Oak Ridge. It had a ...
, an unincorporated community in Knox County
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Powell, Texas
Powell is a town in Navarro County, Texas, United States. The population was 99 at the 2020 census.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 105 people, 38 households, and 31 families residing in the town. The population density was . ...
, a town in Navarro County
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Powell, Wisconsin
Powell is an unincorporated community located in the town of Sherman, Iron County, Wisconsin, United States. Powell is located near Wisconsin Highway 27 south-southeast of Hurley.
History
A post office called Powell was established in 1908, ...
, an unincorporated community
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Powell, Wyoming
Powell () is a city in Park County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 6,419 at the 2020 census. Powell is an All-America City and home to Northwest College.
History
Powell was incorporated in 1909. Powell was named for John Wesle ...
, a city in Park County
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Lake Powell
Lake Powell is a reservoir on the Colorado River in Utah and Arizona, United States. It is a major vacation destination visited by approximately two million people every year. It holds of water when full, second in the United States to only the ...
, a man-made reservoir on the Colorado River
Solar System
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Powell (crater)
Powell is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus–Littrow valley. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt landed less than 1 km northeast of it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission, but they did not visit it.
To the north of Po ...
, a crater in Taurus–Littrow valley on the Moon
Facilities and structures
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Powell Hall
Powell Hall (formerly known as the St. Louis Theater and Powell Symphony Hall) is the home of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony. Erected in 1925 as the St. Louis Theatre, the theatre presented live vaudeville and motion pict ...
, home of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra in St. Louis, Missouri
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Powell Observatory, Louisburg, Kansas
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Powell Gardens, Kansas City, Missouri
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Powell House (disambiguation), several buildings
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Powell High School (disambiguation), several schools
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Powell Middle School (disambiguation), several schools
Companies
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Powell's Books
Powell's Books is a chain of bookstores, based in Portland, Oregon, Portland, Oregon. Their flagship store, dubbed Powell's City of Books, claims to be the largest independent bookstore, independent new and used bookstore in the world.
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, a chain of bookstores in the U.S. state of Oregon
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Powell Manufacturing Company, a defunct American motor vehicle company
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Powell Peralta or Powell Corporation, a skateboard company
Other uses
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Powell v. Alabama
''Powell v. Alabama'', 287 U.S. 45 (1932), was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court reversed the convictions of nine young black men for allegedly raping two white women on a freight train near Scottsboro, Alabama. T ...
'', a 1932 U.S. Supreme Court case regarding capital punishment and due process
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Powell v. McCormack'', a 1969 U.S. Supreme Court case regarding seating of a member of the House of Representatives
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Powell Doctrine, a use of military force doctrine
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Powell's method, an algorithm for finding the minimum of a non-differentiable function
See also
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Powel (disambiguation)
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Powells (disambiguation)
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Baden Powell (disambiguation)
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